Shona Lockyer has been chair of Trustees of the Kambia Appeal for over ten years. She has now decided that it is time to hand over to someone else. Shona has done a fantastic job in steering the Appeal through some very difficult years. The Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone and the withdrawal of our […]
We will be holding our AGM virtually and hope that you can join in from the comfort of your own home to hear all the latest news. It’s on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 at 19:30. Please let us know at info@kambia.org.uk if you would like to attend and we will email the link nearer the time. […]
At around 5am on 15th February 2022, a devastating fire broke out in Kambia District in a place called Yeliboya. Yeliboya is an island community, access is by boat along the Great Scarcies river. Around 80 homes were destroyed, along with the main market building. The Kambia Appeal sent food to assist in the short term. The people of Yeliboya have asked […]
Over 2020 and 2021 The Kambia Appeal has continued to concentrate on projects that can be delivered locally in Kambia without the need for input from the UK in terms of manpower. This decision has been justified even more since the arrival of Covid and the worldwide restrictions on travel. To this end we are continuing with […]
The people of Sierra Leone are used to fighting a killer disease – Ebola ravaged the country only a few years ago, so they know only too well how important it is to be prepared. We have been asked to support the hospital and district with funds for training and to purchase local PPE items […]
